Dodging
Freezie
Doom:
Applying Foresight to
Inventive Work

Based on case studies and literature, this work profiled the modern independentinventor, and developed strategies for improved success rates, including theimplementation of foresight work and the creation of lower risk funding models. Bothelements were proposed as a means to mitigate cognitive bias and informationasymmetries, factors which have historically prevented inventor success. Thesestrategies were combined through the proposed development of an optimized openinnovation tool, the parameters of which were outlined in this paper.